Thabane suspended again
’Marafaele Mohloboli THE Professor Nqosa Mahao-led faction of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) has upheld the suspension of party leader and Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, and other senior ABC...
View ArticleLesotho High Court refuses to cancel First Lady’s warrant of arrest
Staff Reporter FIRST Lady, ’Maesaiah Thabane, on Saturday suffered a huge blow in her bid to stop the police from arresting her in connection with June 2017 murder of of her husband Prime Minister...
View ArticlePreviewing what needs to be done in 2020
Herbert Moyo/Bataung Moeketsi DESPITE beginning its reign with so much promise in the aftermath of its victory in the 3 June 2017 elections, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s government has struggled to...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II yet to begin
no indication when the job will begin as January deadline looms Ntsebeng Motsoeli DESPITE repeated assurances from senior health ministry officials, the demolition of Queen Elizabeth II Hospital to...
View ArticleMajoro to investigate Financial Intelligence Unit ‘fraud’
’Marafaele Mohloboli FINANCE Minister Moeketsi Majoro says he will soon appoint “a third party” to investigate fraud and other allegations that have been raised against senior officials of the...
View Article71 000 Basotho a step away from famine: UN
Herbert Moyo AT least 71 000 out of the half a million food insecure Basotho are “one step away from famine”, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said. OCHA...
View ArticleSA army officers accused of reign of terror in Lesotho
fearful villagers petition Thabane over “cattle-rustling” SA soldiers Ntsebeng Motsoeli MAKHOAKHOENG villagers in Butha-Buthe district say they are living in fear of officers of the South African...
View ArticleLesotho consulate to be sued over SA fuel debt
Bereng Mpaki A SOUTH African fuel company, Eriksons Motor Centre, has threatened to seize the property of Lesotho Consulate in Welkom over its alleged failure to settle its outstanding fuel debts. In a...
View ArticleEx-Medigrow workers apply for default judgement
Bereng Mpaki A LABOUR union has applied for default judgement in the case in which 24 workers are challenging their dismissal by medical cannabis producer, MG Health, formerly known as Medigrow...
View ArticlePhamotse charged with corruption over 2015 books tender
Mohalenyane Phakela GENDER, Sports and Recreation Minister, Mahali Phamotse, was on Tuesday charged with corruption for allegedly influencing the awarding of a 2015 high schools textbooks tender to...
View ArticleMahao murder trial stalls again
Mohalenyane Phakela MURDER-ACCUSED former army commander, Lieutenant General (Lt-Gen) Tlali Kamoli, and others yesterday lost their application for the recusal of Judge Charles Hungwe from trying them...
View ArticleNetcare accused of siphoning M320 million from Tšepong
Pascalinah Kabi ONE of the companies in the Tšepong Consortium, Afri’nnai Health, has accused South Africa’s Netcare Group of siphoning millions of maloti from the company under “dubious and...
View ArticleEU speaks out on Thabane murder allegations, retirement
Silence Charumbira EUROPEAN Union (EU) Ambassador to Lesotho, Christian Manahl, has urged Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to announce a specific date for his impending retirement, saying this is...
View ArticleThabane’s possible successors: who is who?
Staff Reporter THREE candidates namely, ’Matebatso Doti, Samuel Rapapa and Nkaku Kabi, have emerged as the frontrunners in the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC)’s internal processes to nominate...
View ArticleABC in crisis over Thabane succession
infighting forces party to postpone vote and announcement of successor Thabane threatens to appoint own successor ’Marafaele Mohloboli BARELY three weeks after All Basotho Convention (ABC) factions...
View ArticleI feel used: Rapapa
ALL Basotho Convention chairperson Samuel Rapapa (SR) is one of the candidates vying to replace Prime Minister Thomas Thabane who announced last month that he would soon step down. So eager is Mr...
View ArticleWe are building a new ABC free of the cult of the great leader: Mahao
A year ago, the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) held its elective conference on 1 and 2 February 2019. Despite strong objections from ABC leader and Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and some party...
View ArticleLesotho declares Coronavirus a health emergency
Limpho Sello Lesotho has declared Coronavirus a health emergency and the Ministry of Health has begun the necessary processes of mobilising human and other resources as well as screening incoming...
View ArticleABC NEC has the final say on Thabane successor: Hlaele
THE All Basotho Convention (ABC) is going through a protracted process to choose a successor for Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who announced last month that he would soon step down due to his “waning...
View ArticleLucapa rakes in US$5,5 million from Lesotho, Angola diamond sales
Herbert Moyo LUCAPA Diamond Company Limited has realised US$5, 5 million from the sale of diamonds from its Mothae Kimberlite Mine and Lulo Alluvial Mine in Lesotho and Angola respectively. In a...
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